The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Ideas from the "The Reading Strategies Book" From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Do you want to help students love writing? In this segment, we talk about a new book including 300 strategies to get students excited about writing. So, if you’re struggling to teach writing and get students engaged, listen to Jennifer Seravallo’s ideas.
EdTech4Beginners
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
I recently found TED-ED lessons … they’re brilliant! Created by educators around the world, they are a great way to share knowledge with your students. They include resources and opportunities for online discussion. How do I find them? Simply visit the website and search for the topic you wish to cover. There are thousands and the site is growing more and more each day, so I am sure you will find something of use.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
I recently got a question from a reader asking how the lessons in my K-8 curriculum supported Dr. Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge philosophy — an integral concept to her school’s mission. It got me thinking about lesson plans in general — how far we’ve come from lecture-test-move on. Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults.
Neo LMS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Allow me to begin with a question: Do you like to repeat yourself? I must admit that I don’t enjoy saying the same thing over and over again. After a while, sentences like I didn’t get that. , Could you repeat it? , or Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention… can be irritating, especially when they are interrupting the communication process. Teachers face this situation on a daily basis and usually many times a day, but that comes with the job.
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Waterford
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Nelina Moore, 5, does UPSTART preschool work at home with her mother Deborah Moore. What will traditional education look like in 20 years? Based on findings from a recent independent study, it looks like education will have strong ties to personalized learning and digital technology. eSchool News recently did a write-up about the survey and stated that “millennials are supportive of alternative approaches to education, with three-fourths of millennial parents (77 percent) saying a DIY approach t
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
In Middletown, we are personalizing education, not standardizing it! In 2004, the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, New York, found itself in a whole lot of academic trouble. We knew that we were not necessarily any different than most other high-minority/high-poverty school districts; our performance numbers of a 54% graduation rate and an even a greater percentage of students who were not proficient in either math or literacy mirrored other similar school districts.
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Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Earlier this year, Digital Promise and the Center for Teaching Quality co-authored a paper on how micro-credentials help drive teacher learning and leadership. In it, we discuss the challenges teachers face in the classroom to ensure that all students’ learning needs are met. To do so, educators must engage in ongoing professional growth. However, evidence suggests that current professional development does not meet educators’ needs.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Last week, education startup Fluent City raised $2.5 million to relaunch and grow its class offerings. Lerner Investments led the round, joined by Learn Capital, New Ground Ventures and 1776. The New York City-based language company, founded in 2011, offers 10 language classes along with courses in interior design, mixing cocktails and French culture.
Waterford
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Nelina Moore, 5, does UPSTART preschool work at home with her mother Deborah Moore. What will traditional education look like in 20 years? Based on findings from a recent independent study, it looks like education will have strong ties to personalized learning and digital technology. eSchool News recently did a write-up about the survey and stated that “millennials are supportive of alternative approaches to education, with three-fourths of millennial parents (77 percent) saying a DIY approach t
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
When four professors from the. Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) started collaborating on game-based learning (GBL) in developmental math and writing instruction in the mid-2000s, they had no idea what they were setting in motion. Today, more than 160 GBL researchers and practitioners contribute to the dynamic CUNY Games Network (CGN), housed within the City University of New York (CUNY), with its more than 540,000 students on 24 campuses.
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
MIND Research Institute
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Headlines about math anxiety never seem to stop making the rounds on my newsfeed: Stop telling kids you’re bad at math. You are spreading math anxiety ‘like a virus.’ –Washington Post. Square root of kids’ math anxiety: Their parents’ help –The New York Times. High anxiety: How worrying about math hurts your brain – TIME Magazine. As an educational design researcher, it was concerning to encounter so many media reports about the detrimental effects of math anxiety but not nearly as much about ho
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Driving southbound on the 101 freeway through San Francisco, one may notice the following billboard. “Self-driving education,” it reads. Those three words connect to several ideas close to Udacity’s mission: help learners acquire new skills to pursue tech careers of their desire, and let them complete courses at their own pace (as long as they pay the monthly fee.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
I do a lot of speaking about technology trends in education, and none of my talks seem to get larger audiences than those that address new or emerging technologies. Part of this is our never ending interest in what is “new,” and also that little voice in my head that says, “maybe I am falling behind.”. So, as an educator interested in technology — after all, you are reading eSchool News — what is the best source for tracking emerging technologies for learning?
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Michelle Russell shares some of the simple tech (and not-so tech) tools she's using to take quick measures of math students' progress and understanding. One of her favorites is a sticky note strategy spread over three days that's proved both engaging and revealing.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
In response to a number of requests we received lately about websites for teaching reading, we went ahead and curated this list featuring what we believe are some of the best platforms to use in this.read more.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
When Connecticut’s New Canaan High School said goodbye to students in the summer of 2015, it said hello to an ambitious new project: boxing up 7,000 books to make room for a brand-new makerspace to encourage students’ creative thinking, problem-solving and self-directed learning. When the school’s new principal asked what library media specialists were doing with all the library’s books, and inquired about a makerspace, head librarian Michelle Luhtala knew she had a chanc
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
iPad provides great learning opportunities for students and when it comes to young learners possibilities are endless. iTunes app store is teeming with all kinds of apps with great educational.read more.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Educators have relied on data to make informed decisions for as long as it’s been available (the foundations of standardized testing got its start in the 19th century ). For much of that time, the main worry was whether or not that data was being accurately interpreted. Technology, of course, has radically improved how we collect and analyze data, but has thrown a new wrench into its use — mainly regarding ethics, privacy, and safety.
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The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Jennifer Alexander. “Schools are for kids.”. In that one short statement, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher delivered a harsh rebuke to anyone who has forgotten that simple truth. His ruling reminded all of us that our state has a constitutional obligation to fulfill a right of the highest importance: a great public education. In a court ruling that was mainly about how much we should be spending on education, Judge Moukawsher went deeper into the issue because money alone canno
ProfHacker
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Dropbox is a perennial favorite of ProfHacker writers , as folks have used it at one point or another for more or less all the things. That IT departments seemed not to like it was practically a point in its favor as, let’s face it, it works. Really well! This is why it was so dispiriting to learn last week about Dropbox’s apparently cavalier approach to Mac permissions.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
University of California, Santa Cruz athletes at a drill. Some students want to roll back the fees they pay to support sports teams. Photo: University of California, Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Andy Pinedo likes sports. He just doesn’t want to pay more so other people can play them. As sophomore at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Pinedo voted “no” last year in a referendum about whether he was willing to hand over another $270 a year to support his school’s Division III teams, abo
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
The post 8 Basic Steps Of Project-Based Learning To Get You Started appeared first on TeachThought.
This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.
EmergingEdTech
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
View Live Cameras All Across the Planet (for free) Last year I had the good fortune to take a vacation in Ireland and Italy with my family (that’s a picture of the Forum in Rome above … [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
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Shake Up Learning
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
The post How to Become a Google Certified Trainer [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 6 Steps to Becoming a Google Certified Trainer. (UPDATED on 9/13/2016 to reflect changes to the GET program.). One of the most common questions I receive is about how to become a Google Certified Trainer. So I have put together an infographic detailing the six steps to becoming a Google for Education Certified Trainer.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
Fractus Learning
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Before the internet, it took work to avoid school work. If you didn’t want to read the assigned book for your homework, you had to buy a CliffsNotes book. You had to do the reading anyway if CliffsNotes didn’t cover the assigned text. If you had a report to write, you hand copied the material from an encyclopedia. That also meant a trip to the library if you didn’t own an encyclopedia.
The Principal of Change
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Over the past couple of weeks, I had some interesting questions from educators. The first was from a math teacher asking me how I would use technology at the high school level with advanced placement students. The next was from a teacher talking about using technology in a school where devices are used by students in relation to gangs. My response to both of them was the same; I have no idea.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Middle school students at Summit Denali work with a teacher in a small group. Photo: Nichole Dobo. A private school in northern California uses technology to create bespoke paths for students and rugged trips – like camping in the winter snow — to teach independence. “Students are at the boundary of comfort zones,” said Taylor Simmers, a co-founder of the school.
MindShift
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
One of Rebecca Carey’s favorite exercises to do with the actors she coaches at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is called “Cameraman.” Carey, who is the voice and text director of the renowned company, said “Cameraman” at first can make even actors feel a little silly, because in order to pretend they are filming the action of a Shakespearean scene, they have to hold an imaginary movie camera up to their eye.
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